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Police arrest eight suspected rhino poachers

admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 06:06:42 +0000

The South African Police Service (SAPS) members who have been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces as part of Operation Rhino, have arrested a total of eight suspects in the past seven days for possession of firearms, hijackings, conspiracy to poach and possession of rhino horns. Between the eight of them, the suspects, whose […]

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More suspects in Mpumalanga court for rhino poaching

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 06:51:24 +0000

Pretoria: 20 November 2015 – Yesterday four men appeared in the White River Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga after they were caught hunting rhino in the Kruger National Park. The men, all of whom are foreigners and in their early twenties, where caught out by the park’s rangers on Friday. In the first incident three suspects, Simon Tembe, […]

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Police, parks partnership deal blows to poachers

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:27:03 +0000

Pretoria : 3 November 2015 – The close working relationship between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the National Parks in fighting the scourge of rhino poaching in the country is proving to be a potent force in dealing serious blows to poachers. To tackle the illegal poaching of the rhino head on, the […]

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11 Years imprisonment for rhino poachers

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:11:57 +0000

Pretoria: 2 September 2015 – Two suspected rhino poachers have been sentenced to a total of 11 years imprisonment for their crimes. Phinias Sithole (23) and France Nkuna (22), who are Mozambican nationals, were convicted and sentenced at the White River Magistrate Court on Monday, 31 August 2015, after being arrested in the Kruger National […]

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Three Suspected Rhino Poachers Arrested

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:12:01 +0000

Preetoria: 12 June 2015 – The South African Police Service’s National Intervention Unit and Mpumalanga Tracking Team pounced on three suspected rhino poachers in the early hours of this morning, 12 June 2015, in Acornhoek, Mpumalanga. A 30 year old South African male and a 32 year old Mozambican male were arrested at their place […]

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Suspects nabbed for rhino poaching related crimes appear in court

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 08:55:09 +0000

Two more suspects arrested for rhino poaching related crimes will appear in court after members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and South African National Parks (SANParks) rangers arrested them in two separate incidents in Mpumalanga. Carlos Mathebula (34) will appear at the Skukuza Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 10 June 2015 and Margaret Mthetwa […]

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Rhino horns found in Mozambique to be tested in South Africa

admin — Thu, 28 May 2015 06:07:14 +0000

Pretoria: 28 May 2015 – Following the arrest of a Chinese national in Mozambique, the South African Police Service’s Rhino Task Team (task team) based at the Kruger National Park will work closely with Mozambican authorities to have the DNA samples of rhino horns found in that country to be tested to establish if they […]

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Two rhino poachers recovering in hospital

admin — Tue, 12 May 2015 09:13:45 +0000

Two suspected rhino poachers are recovering in hospital after a shootout ensued at the Kruger National Park last week after the suspects were found trespassing in the park in Mpumalanga. Mozambican national Carlos Ngwane and Victor Mashile, whose nationality is not known, were arrested in separate areas but not without resistance in the form of […]

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Beware The Avalanche

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 06:19:42 +0000

“Beware the Avalanche (Part 1)” A Special Assignment investigation. There are many myths about ‘indlovu’, the elephant, whose size and majesty make it invincible except to man’s cruelty and greed. In African fables it is the wise ancestral chief; in life, deserving respect; in death, dignity and a burial befitting a chief. But Africa’s elephants […]

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